Re: [DML] Antenna production question
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Re: [DML] Antenna production question



as a "me too", my car (vin 4433) has a retractable antenna.

Eric Itzel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Benson" <delornut@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [DML] Antenna production question


> My car is a late '81, vin 6938, and I bought it new. The dealer had about
20
> DeLoreans on his lot and they were mixed '81's and '82's. Mine has a
fender
> antenna as did all the '81's on the lot. The '82's had the retractable
> antenna. I've seen many vin numbers earlier than mine with the retractable
> antenna so I really can't explain why mine had the fender version. I think
a
> lot was done in the quality assurance centers and I'd guess a lot of
mixing
> and matching went on there. I owned my car for a couple of years before I
> finally caught a fender in the right light to see that a bit of repair had
> been done on it before it was shipped to the dealer.
>
> Bruce Benson
>
>
> > Ok, I know that the early cars had the not so great >windshield
antennas;
> the mid-'81 cars had fender >antennas; and all the cars from late '81 on
had
> the >retractable antennas that popped out of the rear quarter >panel
vents.
> But what's the VIN cut off for each? I can't >say I've ever seen a D with
a
> fender antenna... and I >know I've seen at least 100+ DeLoreans by now.
Are
> >they the rarest?
> >
> > Louie Golden
> > VIN 5252 (with the retractable antenna...)
> > Charlotte, NC
>
>
>
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